Container.



HAMMOND-KNOWLTON.

CONTAINER.'

APPLICATION FILED .IAN

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CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. lill, 31917.

Application filed January 25, 1917. Serial No. 144,41*?.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that l, CLARENCE A. HAM- ifronD-KNowL'roN, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattamin the county and lState of New York, have invented a new andimproved Container, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention` relates to containers and has for an object to providean improved construction for protecting and acting as a feeding memberfor thread.

Another object in view is to provide a container or receptacle forprotecting the thread and for pinching the same as it is removed so asto produce a tension whereby the thread cannot accidentally becomewithdrawn into the receptacle.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a perspective View of a container embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through Fig. l, approximately on line 2 2,the same being on a greatly enlarged scale.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through Fig. lapproximately on line 3-48.

Fig. at is a transverse section through the structure shown in Fig. 2after most of the thread has been removed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, l indicates a casingwhich forms the container, the same being provided with a metallic strip2 which acts as tensioning moans for frictionally resisting the passageof thread 3. rldhe container l is made up from a tubular member 4 ofpasteboard or other suitable material. The bottom 6 is provided with aflange 7 placed in position over one end of the tubular member il, andthe top 8 arranged so that its flange 9 will appreciably overlap the topof tube 4. A covering or retaining strip of paper l0 is then applied andheld in position by any suitable adhesive, whereby the two end membersare held rigidly in place and the container is sealed. rlhe papercovering member l0 may have printed thereon the name of the firmmanufacturing the thread and any other printed matter that may bedesired.

The top or cap 8 is supplied with a metallic eyelet ll over which isplaced a metallic strip of some thin sheet metal with the end projectingthrough slots 13 and lll, respectively, as more clearly shown in Fig. Inarranging the metallic member 2 in place, the same is bowed and ifdesired bent until the ends may be inserted in the slots 13 and ll-,after 'which the strip is straightened and if desired is boweddownwardly so as to produce the proper tension on the thread 3, thethread being pinched against the eyelet ll.

lt Awill be noted that means are provided for maintaining a tension onthe thread 3 as the same is removed, namely, strip 2 and eyelet ll, thusinsuring the utilization of all of the thread in the container. Byproviding the tension or friction against the thread as the same isremoved the end cannot accidentally move backw'ardly into the containerand only the desired quantity will be removed at any time. ln Figs. 2and 3 the arrangement of the top is shown exaggerated for the purpose ofillustrating the construction of the parts, as it is evident that all ofthese parts are very small and that the strip of metal 2 is very thin.The paper of which the cap is made will contact with the strip 2substantially at all points except in the immediate vicinity of theeyelet ll so that the strip 2 acts not only jas a tension means for thethread but acts as a covering member for the eyelet and a sealing memberalso therefor, so that the container will be lightproof andsubstantially air-proof, thus causing the sill; in the container toremain in its original condition.

llVhat I claim is:

In a container of the character described, a receptacle inelosing asupply of thread, an eyelet member arranged in one end of the receptaclethrough which the thread is adapted to be drawn, and a friction memberacting against said eyelet for producing friction on said thread, saidfriction member comprising a strip of resilient and bendable sheetmaterial having the ends thrust through part of the end of saidreceptacle.

CLARENCE A. HAMMOND-KNOWLTON.

Copies of this patent may 'ne obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Connnissionel of Patents, Washington, D. C.

